Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for over an hour by phone, shortly before Trump's scheduled meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in Miami.

Zelensky, who had to face another corruption scandal implicating lawmakers erupting over the weekend, is following up on days of negotiations in Florida between Ukrainian and US negotiators on a potential deal to end the Ukraine conflict.

Trump announced on his Truth Social that he had had a “very productive” conversation while the Russian president's aide Yury Ushakov said that both “hold broadly similar views” and that a temporary ceasefire will only prolong the conflict.

A 20-point proposal revealed by Zelensky ahead of the meeting has been dismissed by Moscow, which called it “radically different” from what Russia and the US had discussed on the issue. Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Moscow was “fully” ready to move forward with the peace process while Kiev and its European backers seek to derail it.

Trump has invited media to attend the meeting, and our updates will follow events and reactions.

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